diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/debian.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/debian.pm
index 76ef5e2fa..66ac98d99 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/debian.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/debian.pm
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ sub mkinstall
             #      . $node;
             #} else 
 	    #{
-            my $kcmdline = "quiet auto url=http://"
+            my $kcmdline = "nofb utf8 auto url=http://"
                   . $instserver
                   . "/install/autoinst/"
                   . $node;
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ sub mkinstall
             #}
 
             # need to add these in, otherwise aptitude will ask questions
-	        $kcmdline .= " locale=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=us";
+	        $kcmdline .= " locale=en_US";
 	        #$kcmdline .= " netcfg/wireless_wep= netcfg/get_hostname= netcfg/get_domain=";
 	    
             # default answers as much as possible, we don't want any interactiveness :)
@@ -849,11 +849,16 @@ sub mkinstall
 	        #$kcmdline .= " DEBCONF_DEBUG=5";
 
 	        # I don't need the timeout for ubuntu, but for debian there is a problem with getting dhcp in a timely manner
-	        $kcmdline .= " netcfg/dhcp_timeout=120";
 
             # safer way to set hostname, avoid problems with nameservers
             $kcmdline .= " hostname=".$node;
 
+            #from 12.10, the live install changed, so add the live-installer
+             if ( -r "$pkgdir/install/filesystem.squashfs")
+             {
+                 $kcmdline .= " live-installer/net-image=http://${instserver}${pkgdir}/install/filesystem.squashfs";
+             }
+
             $bptab->setNodeAttribs(
                                    $node,
                                    {
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.ubuntu b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.ubuntu
index b6a86c2d1..f6c9efd44 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.ubuntu
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.ubuntu
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ if [ -z "$instdisk" ]; then
         fi
 fi
 if [ ! -z "$instdisk" ]; then debconf-set partman-auto/disk "$instdisk"; fi
+debconf-get open-iscsi/targets > /tmp/q
 sleep 0.1
 done &
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.tmpl b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.tmpl
index 76136115f..28a5ddefa 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.tmpl
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.tmpl
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect en_US.UTF-8
 
 # Keyboard Selection
 d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
-d-i console-setup/layoutcode string en
+d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string en
 
 ### Network Configuration
 
 d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
 d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
 d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
-
+d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 120
 ### Mirror settings
 # If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set.
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/kvm.tmpl b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/kvm.tmpl
index 76136115f..28a5ddefa 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/kvm.tmpl
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/kvm.tmpl
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect en_US.UTF-8
 
 # Keyboard Selection
 d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
-d-i console-setup/layoutcode string en
+d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string en
 
 ### Network Configuration
 
 d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
 d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
 d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
-
+d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 120
 ### Mirror settings
 # If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set.